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Lexicon :: Strong's H5012 - nāḇā'

Aa
נָבָא
Transliteration
nāḇā'
Pronunciation
naw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1277

Strong’s Definitions

נָבָא nâbâʼ, naw-baw'; a primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):—prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x

The KJV translates Strong's H5012 in the following manner: prophesy (111x), prophesying (2x), prophet (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x
The KJV translates Strong's H5012 in the following manner: prophesy (111x), prophesying (2x), prophet (2x).

  1. to prophesy

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to prophesy

        1. under influence of divine spirit

        2. of false prophets

    2. (Hithpael)

      1. to prophesy

        1. under influence of divine spirit

        2. of false prophets

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָבָא nâbâʼ, naw-baw'; a primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):—prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.
STRONGS H5012: Abbreviations
† [נָבָא] verb denominative prophesy (in oldest forms, of religious ecstasy with or without song and music; later, essentially religious instruction, with occasional predictions); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִבֵּא Jeremiah 20:1 + 7 times; 2nd person masculine singular נִבֵּאתָ Jeremiah 20:6 + 2 times; נִבֵּיתָ Jeremiah 26:9; 1st person singular נִבֵּאתִי Ezekiel 37:7; 3rd person plural נִבֵּאוּ Jeremiah 2:8 + 3 times; נִבָּ֑אוּ Jeremiah 23:21; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִנָּבֵא Amos 3:8 + 9 times Imperfect; Imperative הִנָּבֵא Amos 7:15 + 27 times; Infinitive הִנָּבֵא Amos 7:13; suffix הִנָּֽבְאוֹ Zechariah 13:3; הִנָּֽבְאֹתוֹ Zechariah 13:4, + 4 times Infinitive; Participle נִבָּא Jeremiah 26:18 + 20 times Participle; —
1. prophesy under influence of divine spirit:
a. in the ecstatic state, with song 1 Samuel 10:11; 1 Samuel 19:20 and music 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:2, 1 Chronicles 25:3.
b. the word of י׳ : absolute Amos 2:12; Amos 3:8 (emended יחרד We Now needless), Amos 7:12, Amos 7:13; Joel 3:1 [Joel 2:28]; Jeremiah 19:14; Jeremiah 26:18; Jeremiah 28:9; Jeremiah 32:3; Ezekiel 11:13; Ezekiel 12:27; Ezekiel 21:19 [Ezekiel 21:14]; Ezekiel 37:7; Ezekiel 38:17 but especially in phrase הִנָּבֵא וֶאַמַדְתָּ Ezekiel 12:27; Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 21:33 [Ezekiel 21:28]; Ezekiel 30:2; Ezekiel 34:2; Ezekiel 36:3; Ezekiel 37:7, Ezekiel 37:12; Ezekiel 38:14, Ezekiel 38:17; with accusative Jeremiah 20:1; Jeremiah 25:30; Jeremiah 28:6; followed by עַל against Amos 7:16; Jeremiah 25:13; Jeremiah 26:20; Ezekiel 4:7; Ezekiel 11:4; Ezekiel 13:17; Ezekiel 25:2; Ezekiel 28:21; Ezekiel 29:2; Ezekiel 34:2; Ezekiel 35:2; Ezekiel 36:6; Ezekiel 38:2; Ezekiel 39:1; unto Ezekiel 37:4; אֶל unto Amos 7:15; Jeremiah 26:11, Jeremiah 26:12; Jeremiah 28:8; Ezekiel 36:1; Ezekiel 37:9; against Ezekiel 6:2; Ezekiel 13:2; Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 21:7 [Ezekiel 21:2]; בְּשֵׁם י׳ Jeremiah 11:21; Jeremiah 14:15; Jeremiah 23:25; Jeremiah 26:9.
2. of false prophets: absolute Jeremiah 23:21; Ezekiel 13:2; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse); Zechariah 13:4; with accusative 1 Kings 22:12 2 Chronicles 18:11; שֶׁקֶר Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:25; Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 27:14, Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 29:21; לַשָּׁ֑קֶר Jeremiah 27:15; בַּשֶּׁקֶר Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 20:6; Jeremiah 29:9; נִבְּאֵי הַשּׁ׳ Jeremiah 23:26; compare Jeremiah 23:32; with לֵ Jeremiah 14:16; Jeremiah 23:16; Jeremiah 27:15, Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 37:19; followed by אֶל concerning Ezekiel 13:16.
3. compare heathen prophets, בַּבַּעַל Jeremiah 2:8.
Hithp. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִתְנַבִּיתָ 1 Samuel 10:16 ; 1st person singular הִנַּבֵּאתִי Ezekiel 37:10; Imperfect יִתְנַבֵּא 1 Samuel 10:10 + 7 times; 3rd person masculine plural יִתְנַבְּאוּ Numbers 11:25 + 5 times; Imperative הִנַּבְּאוּ Jeremiah 23:13; Infinitive הִתְנַבּוֺת 1 Samuel 10:13; Participle מִתְנַבֵּא Jeremiah 26:20 + 9 times Participle; —
1. Prophesy under influence of divine spirit:
a. in the ecstatic state Numbers 11:25, Numbers 11:26, Numbers 11:27 (J), with music 1 Samuel 10:5, 1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 10:10, 1 Samuel 10:13, in frenzy 1 Samuel 19:20,1 Samuel 19:21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 19:23, 1 Samuel 19:24; excited to violence 1 Samuel 18:10 (= מְשֻׁגָּע mad 2 Kings 9:11); Jeremiah 29:26.
b. apart from ecstatic state, absolute Ezekiel 37:10, with לְ 1 Kings 22:8; Jeremiah 29:27; על 1 Kings 22:18 2 Chronicles 18:17, 2 Chronicles 18:7; 2 Chronicles 20:37; בְּשֵׁם י׳ Jeremiah 26:20.
2. of heathen prophets of Baal in ecstatic state 1 Kings 18:29; בַּבַּעַל Jeremiah 23:13.
3. of false prophets 1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; Jeremiah 14:14; Ezekiel 13:17.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5013.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

11:25; 11:25; 11:26; 11:27

1 Samuel

10:5; 10:6; 10:10; 10:10; 10:11; 10:13; 10:13; 10:16; 18:10; 19:20; 19:20; 19:21; 19:23; 19:24

1 Kings

18:29; 22:8; 22:10; 22:12; 22:18

2 Kings

9:11

1 Chronicles

25:1; 25:2; 25:3

2 Chronicles

18:7; 18:9; 18:11; 18:17; 20:37

Jeremiah

2:8; 2:8; 5:31; 11:21; 14:14; 14:14; 14:15; 14:16; 19:14; 20:1; 20:1; 20:6; 20:6; 23:13; 23:13; 23:16; 23:21; 23:21; 23:25; 23:25; 23:26; 23:32; 25:13; 25:30; 26:9; 26:9; 26:11; 26:12; 26:18; 26:18; 26:20; 26:20; 26:20; 27:10; 27:14; 27:15; 27:15; 27:16; 27:16; 28:6; 28:8; 28:9; 29:9; 29:21; 29:26; 29:27; 29:31; 32:3; 37:19

Ezekiel

4:7; 6:2; 11:4; 11:13; 12:27; 12:27; 13:2; 13:2; 13:16; 13:17; 13:17; 21:2; 21:2; 21:14; 21:14; 21:28; 25:2; 28:21; 29:2; 30:2; 34:2; 34:2; 35:2; 36:1; 36:3; 36:6; 37:4; 37:7; 37:7; 37:7; 37:9; 37:10; 37:10; 37:12; 38:2; 38:14; 38:17; 38:17; 39:1

Joel

2:28

Amos

2:12; 3:8; 3:8; 7:12; 7:13; 7:13; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16

Zechariah

13:3; 13:3; 13:4; 13:4

H5012

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Strong's Number H5012 matches the Hebrew נָבָא (nāḇā'),
which occurs 115 times in 102 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Num 11:25–Jer 27:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26 - But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but who had not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:27 - And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “After that you shall come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is. And it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:6 - “Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When they came there to the hill, there was a group of prophets to meet him; then the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:11 - And it happened, when all who knew him formerly saw that he indeed prophesied among the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What is this that has come upon the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:13 - And when he had finished prophesying, he went to the high place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:10 - And it happened on the next day that the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house. So David played music with his hand, as at other times; but there was a spear in Saul’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20 - Then Saul sent messengers to take David. And when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as leader over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:21 - And when Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. Then Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:23 - So he went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on and prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:24 - And he also stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:29 - And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:8 - So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say such things!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne, at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:12 - And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the king’s hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:18 - And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:2 - Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah;[fn] the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3 - Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri,[fn] Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six,[fn] under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say such things!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:9 - The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, clothed in their robes, sat each on his throne; and they sat at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:11 - And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the king’s hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:17 - And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” Then the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests did not say, ‘Where is the LORD?’
And those who handle the law did not know Me;
The rulers also transgressed against Me;
The prophets prophesied by Baal,
And walked after things that do not profit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31 - The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule by their own power;
And My people love to have it so.
But what will you do in the end?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:21 - “Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the men of Anathoth who seek your life, saying, ‘Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD, lest you die by our hand’—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - And the LORD said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - “Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’—‘By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - ‘And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them—them nor their wives, their sons nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness on them.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:14 - Then Jeremiah came from Tophet, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord’s house and said to all the people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:1 - Now Pashhur the son of Immer, the priest who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:6 - ‘And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity. You shall go to Babylon, and there you shall die, and be buried there, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied lies.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 - “And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria:
They prophesied by Baal
And caused My people Israel to err.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16 - Thus says the LORD of hosts:

“Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.
They make you worthless;
They speak a vision of their own heart,
Not from the mouth of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:21 - “I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran.
I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25 - “I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - “How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - “Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the LORD, “and tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:13 - ‘So I will bring on that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied concerning all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - “Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them:

‘The LORD will roar from on high,
And utter His voice from His holy habitation;
He will roar mightily against His fold.
He will give a shout, as those who tread the grapes,
Against all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:9 - “Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without an inhabitant’?” And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:11 - And the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and all the people, saying, “This man deserves to die! For he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:12 - Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and all the people, saying: “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city with all the words that you have heard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - “Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts:

“Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And the mountain of the temple[fn]
Like the bare hills of the forest.” ’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 - Now there was also a man who prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath Jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10 - ‘For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:14 - “Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they prophesy a lie to you;

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